The Topic 8 Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. forerunner or past relative; what a later thing develops from
  2. 4. adj., focused on or gathered in
  3. 5. a membership in a state or community that gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  4. 7. peaceful protests against laws considered unjust
  5. 8. adj., relating to the whole universe
  6. 12. consciousness, spiritual force or god
  7. 13. fixed social class into which a person is born
  8. 15. a person's duty or what is right for him or her
  9. 17. v., to make up for
  10. 18. a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
  11. 24. adj., superior by a large margin
  12. 26. adj., few and scattered
  13. 28. groups of merchants or craftsmen working in the same line of business
  14. 29. people in this caste had to do jobs that no one else wanted
  15. 32. a person who tries to achieve spiritual purity through self-denial
  16. 33. liberation from reincarnation
  17. 35. a state of perfect wisdom, free of suffering
  18. 37. unfair treatment
  19. 38. the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  20. 39. the belief-shared by the religions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism
  21. 41. an area of what is now northern pakistan and India
  22. 42. being who have gained enlightenment and, out of compassion, try to help others
  23. 44. the practice of hiring outside firms or workers to perform specific tasks for a company
Down
  1. 2. n., result
  2. 3. government rules that set limits or standards for businesses
  3. 6. thinkers and teachers
  4. 9. religious communities
  5. 10. the willingness to respect different beliefs and customs
  6. 11. which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
  7. 14. the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
  8. 16. people who seek to spread their religion
  9. 19. making small loans to people with their own small businesses
  10. 20. the physical features of an area
  11. 21. adj., according to moral law
  12. 22. v., to slow or block the movement of something
  13. 23. v., to strain through overuse
  14. 25. n., something unreal or misleading
  15. 27. v., to eliminate
  16. 30. v., to thrive
  17. 31. split
  18. 34. the unfair treatment of people based on their gender
  19. 36. seasonal winds and weather patterns
  20. 40. to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject
  21. 43. a policy of not allying with either of the superpowers